2024 World Superbike, Donington Park - Friday Practice Results
Friday practice results for round five of the 2024 World Superbike championship at Donington Park, in Great Britain.
2024 World Superbike, Donington Park - Friday Practice (2) Results | ||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | 1:26.013s |
| 2 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | +0.222s |
| 3 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it - Ducati | +0.225s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.283s |
| 5 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | +0.421s |
| 6 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it - Ducati | +0.567s |
| 7 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | +0.675s |
| 8 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Team Motocorsa Ducati | +0.683s |
| 9 | Sam Lowes | GBR | ELF Marc VDS Racing Team | +0.809s |
| 10 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.825s |
| 11 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +0.832s |
| 12 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | +0.873s |
| 13 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | +0.894s |
| 14 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +0.925s |
| 15 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | GoEleven Ducati | +1.088s |
| 16 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.141s |
| 17 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamaha Motoxracing | +1.234s |
| 18 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.304s |
| 19 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +1.340s |
| 20 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | +1.471s |
| 21 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | +1.592s |
| 22 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | +1.673s |
| 23 | Adam Norrodin | MAS | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +3.681s |
Official Donington Park WorldSBK lap record:
Alvaro Bautista Ducati 1m 25.896s (2023)
Toprak Razgatlioglu fires a warning shot by completing a Friday practice double for the 2024 Donington Park WorldSBK round.
The BMW title leader and morning pace setter was soon back on top this afternoon, despite a leg-off save after losing the front at the tight final corner.
Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes wasn’t so fortunate, falling from his ZX-10RR at the same turn soon after. Reigning champion Alvaro Bautista also fell, at Redgate, just before the halfway stage of the 45-minutes.
By the close of the session, Razgatlioglu had cut 0.4s off his morning time with Danilo Petrucci again his nearest rival (+0.222s).
Bautista’s team-mate Nicolo Bulega was a fraction behind his fellow Italian in third, with home stars Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) and Scott Redding (BMW) fourth and fifth, ahead of Bautista.
Andrea Locatelli was the top Yamaha rider in seventh place (+0.675s)
After completing just ten laps this morning due to electrical problems, team-mate Jonathan Rea jumped from 13th to fifth during FP2 but eventually settled back in 12th (+0.873s).
Final practice, Superpole and Race 1 takes place on Saturday.
2024 World Superbike, Donington Park - Friday Practice (1) Results | ||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | 1:26.419s |
| 2 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | +0.416s |
| 3 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +0.633s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.706s |
| 5 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it - Ducati | +0.738s |
| 6 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +0.899s |
| 7 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | +0.911s |
| 8 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it - Ducati | +1.092s |
| 9 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | GoEleven Ducati | +1.245s |
| 10 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.335s |
| 11 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | +1.337s |
| 12 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Team Motocorsa Ducati | +1.365s |
| 13 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | +1.428s |
| 14 | Sam Lowes | GBR | ELF Marc VDS Racing Team | +1.485s |
| 15 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +1.534s |
| 16 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamaha Motoxracing | +1.600s |
| 17 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.695s |
| 18 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | +1.787s |
| 19 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | +2.026s |
| 20 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | +2.099s |
| 21 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +2.196s |
| 22 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | +2.254s |
| 23 | Adam Norrodin | MAS | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +4.204s |
Official Donington Park WorldSBK lap record:
Alvaro Bautista Ducati 1m 25.896s (2023)
Toprak Razgatlioglu kicks off the Donington Park WorldSBK weekend on top of the timesheets during Friday morning’s FP1.
The BMW title leader lapped the cool and overcast British circuit, featuring the odd damp patch, in a time of 1m 26.419s.
That put him a comfortable 0.,416s clear of Danilo Petrucci (Barni Ducati) with Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo BMW) snatching a late third from local star Alex Lowes (Kawasaki).
Alvaro Bautista, a double winner at Donington Park last year, began the weekend in fifth followed by Remy Gardner, who is back on an R1 after riding the Yamaha M1 at the Sachsenring last weekend.
Fellow Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli and Ducati rookie Nicolo Bulega, 21-points behind Razgatlioglu heading into this weekend, were seventh and eighth.
Andrea Iannone, completing his first Donington laps since the 125GP class in 2009, made multiple trips through the gravel on his way to ninth.
Scott Redding rounded out the top ten while Jonathan Rea was one of the last out on track on his way to 13th during just 10 laps.
FP2 takes place this afternoon.
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